Human Rights Defense International is against the execution of Mr Chandran a/l Paskaran that is to take place on 7thFebruary 2014.

When the whole world is moving away from capital punishment, it appears that the Malaysian government is moving backward in such barbaric sentencing in this modern world.

Execution of criminal is not a solution to punish a criminal whether it on the cross, hanging or electric chair. Taking away life is easy but a wrong solution as root cause of criminality is not the crime but how government itself had planted the root through uneven and lopsided policies in its governance.

Capital punishment raises important questions about how, as a society, we view human beings. It is unfair and undemocratic for a society to practice and support capital punishment which is corrosive and negates the basic right to life of a fellow human being.

Human Rights Defence International advocates for universal abolition of death sentence as besides the right to life, it is also subject to acceptable risk of executing innocent people by mistake causing irreparable harm to their family. Further there is no proof that death penalty serves as a deterrent.

Under this circumstance, we urge the Malaysian government to take a morally driven political stand to act in a pro-active manner in immediately halting the execution of Mr Chandran Paskaran and follow through with the recommendation that was proposed to them during the recent Universal Periodic Review in October 2013 in relating to the abolishment of the death penalty.

Asian Tribune joins with HINDRAF (Hindu Rights Action Force ) and Amnesty International in in calling for the immediate stop of the halting the secret execution one Mr Chandran a/l Paskaran that is to take place on 7th February 2014 in Kajang prison.

HINDRAF has called upon the Attorney General’s office to immediately take the necessary pro- active steps in halting the execution one Mr Chandran a/l Paskaran ,

Amnesty urges Malaysia to stop ‘secretive execution’ -MalayMail

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Amnesty International said today that Malaysia was preparing to put a condemned woman to death, and called on the government to halt “yet another secretive execution”. The London-based human rights group said in a statement it had learned from relatives of the woman that she would be executed Friday for a murder committed more than a decade ago. It identified her only by the name “Chandran”.

But HINDRAF, a group that advocates for the rights of Malaysia’s ethnic Indian minority, said her name was Chandran Paskaran. HINDRAF also called for her to be spared.

Hindraf media event & Memorandum to Agong

Hindraf media event, 6.2.2014 @11am - Hindraf calls upon the AG to stop execution of death sentence upon Mr. Chandran a/l Paskaran to be carried out on 7th feb in Kajang prison. Family of Mr.Chandran would be present to appeal to government.

Online petition: Save Chandran Paskaran

AG to halt an impending execution on a death sentence

HINDRAF calls upon the Attorney General’s office to immediately take the necessary pro- active steps in halting the execution one Mr Chandran a/l Paskaran that is to take place on 7th February 2014 in Kajang prison.

The call for abolishment of death sentence had been in place since October 2012, when Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri had voiced out his intention to move a moratorium bill with the support both from the government and opposition to abolish death sentence in Malaysia.

Health Minister should stop being wishy washy on CSMU matter

HINDRAF is disappointed with the lackluster attitude and indecisiveness of the Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam in handling the re-accreditation of Crimea State Medical University (CSMU). As it appears from recent news reports, it is quite clear that both MMC and the Health Ministry are indulging in passing the buck game between them with contradictory statements without having the ability to be transparent in addressing the issue.

Happy Ponggal

HINDRAF DISCLOSES ITS ACCOUNTS TO PUBLIC

Amidst the various unfounded and malicious allegations, HINDRAF is publishing its accounts to the public for their scrutiny. Hindraf was formed in December 2005 and it only came to limelight in August 2007 after I had filed a class action against the UK Government on Malaysia’s 50th Anniversary independence celebration on August 30th 2007 in pursuit of the systematic marginalized state of the Malaysian Indians.